"Olympic opening ceremonies are a little like
a Match.com first date…."
— Alessandra Stanley, page D4 of the New York
edition of this morning's print NY Times
The late poet Rubén Darío, who died on Feb. 6, 1916—
"The snow-white Olympic swan …
preens his eucharistic wing"
The late poet Maxine Kumin, who died on Feb. 6, 2014—